Northside Church - Sydney

Speaker: Graham Agnew – He Week 2: He has overcome Being the only person in history to rise from death (and stay risen) means Jesus has overcome many things – the most obvious being death itself. However, He has also conquered things like fear, pessimism, doubt & defeat. Those who believe “in the power of the Resurrection” are able to overcome & rise above anything that would prevent them from becoming all they are meant to be in Christ. Reading: Ephesians 1:15-23 (GNT)

Speaker – Sam Haddon – Roadblocks Week 5: SUFFERING – Why do bad things happen to good people? From TV screens, to every day life. Pain and suffering is an inevitability in this world. If the God of the bible is so powerful and good, then how can you believe in a God who allows bad things to happen to good people? Reading:Matthew 16:21-28 (NIV)

Speaker – Graham Agnew – He Week 1: He is alive Despite His teaching on the subject, these early disciples failed to grasp the reality of Jesus’ resurrection – until they were confronted by the evidence: a stone rolled away; folded grave clothes; no body. The evidence for Christ’s Resurrection is compelling, as is the evidence for His Living Presence in the world today. Reading: Luke 24:1-12 (GNT)

Speaker – Sam Haddon – Roadblocks Week 4: TRUTH – Aren’t there a lot of truths? We live in a modern society, were everyone’s truth is their own right? How can Christians claim to hold the only truth? Reading: Luke 24:3-35 (GNT)

Speakers: Sam Haddon, Sarah Anderson, Kristyn Haddon – Family Service: Building a legacy. Family Service Building a legacy: partnering together to impress lasting truths on generations. Family services are a way we bring all the Sunday morning programmes together for an inspirational time of teaching, music, drama and lots more.This week we’re focusing on “building a legacy: partnering together to impress lasting truths on generations”.

Speaker: Sam Haddon – Roadblocks Week 3: HELL – Why does God seem so angry? Christians often talk about a “loving God”. If he is so loving, then what about Hell? How can you believe in a God that seems to be loving and yet angry at the same time? Reading: Luke 12:5 (NIV)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – God is Able Week 4: …Able to Satisfy When Christians talk about “satisfaction in a spiritual sense, they’re referring to a deep level of inner peace and certainty that God is always with them in every circumstance and will never forsake them. In John 15:11 Jesus speaks about this joy “being in us” and that reality “makes our joy complete”. Now there’s a God who is able to satisfy. Reading: John 15:10-17 (GNT)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Roadblocks Week 2: EXCLUSIVITY – Is there really only one way to God? We live in a world full of lots of religions, which are (generally) full of lots of Godly people. How then, can Christians claim to know the “exclusive way to God?” Isn’t Christianity just one of a number of valid faiths? Reading: John 14:5-7 (GNT)

SPeaker: Sam Haddon – God is Able Week 3: …Able to Succeed. Paul is “on a roll” when in Ephesians 3:20, he talks about God “being able to do so much more than we can ever ask for or even imagine”. Here was a man with an unshakeable conviction only limited by the extent of their imagination when it comes to Kingdom outcomes. This is wonderful news for Churches wanting to achieve great things for God. Reading: Eph 3:14-20 (NIV)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – Roadblocks Week 1: DOUBTS – What if I have them? What if I have doubts? Is Jesus the ONLY way to God? What about Hell? Why do Christians claim to hold the truth – aren’t there lot’s of truths? If God is so good, why is there suffering in the word? Ever had these questions, or been asked these questions? They are just some of the main “Roadblocks” to Christianity. Join us for this new 6 week series, that will take an insightful and challenging look at the questions you or your friends may have about the faith. Reading: John 20:24-30 (NIV)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – God is Able Week 2: …Able to Supply. The Christians in Philippi clearly understood the need for generosity when it came to supporting their friend and colleague, Paul. He pays tribute to them and says “it was very good of you to help me” but further down in this passage he attributes his resources to God “who supplies all my needs”. What’s the link between our generosity and God’s provision? Reading: Phil 4:14-20 (GNT)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – God is Able Week 1: …Able to Save The power of Peter’s declaration that “Salvation is to be found through Jesus alone” echoes down through the centuries and forms the very heart of the Christian Gospel. But what are we saved from? What are we saved to? Reading: Acts 4:5-12 (GNT)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – I Heart This Place Week 4: A Place of Care Let’s be real… Life has it’s ups and downs and fair share of knocks. Doctors, and support agencies often care because they have to (it’s their job). Wouldn’t you love a place of Caring filled with people who are concerned not because they have to, but want to? Reading: James 5:7-20 (NIV)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cure for the Common Life Week 4: Freedom In Captivity It’s one of the great paradoxes of the Christian faith, that true freedom is actually to be found in surrender and commitment to Jesus Christ. It was He who said: “Those who save their life will lose it…” Reading: 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 (GNT)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – I Heart This Place Week 3: A Place That’s Different The new TV series Revenge seems to aptly characterise the trend of the world around us. An eye for an eye… get even! Wouldn’t you love a place that’s DIFFERENT? Reading: James 4:1-12 (NIV)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cure for the Common Life Week 3: Putting “Purr” into Purpose. An engine running smoothly for the purpose it was made for is said to be “purring”. Similarly, when our lives are pursuing the purpose for which God made us, we can discover a much greater level of “performance”. Reading: Philippians 1:20-26 (GNT)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – I Heart This Place Week 2: A Place of Equals. In societies and cultures all around the world, we see all sorts of distinctions. Maybe you’ve felt them, whether Social, Economic or Racial?. How and WHY is the Church such a radically different picture? Wouldn’t you love a place of Equality? Reading: James 2:1-7 (GNT)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – Cure for the Common Life Week 2: Different Gifts, One Giver. How can/does our faith in Jesus Christ move us from mediocrity to making a difference? Discovering and using the gifts God has given us is a crucial factor in taking us out of the mundane… Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 (NIV)

Speaker: Sam Haddon – I Heart This Place – Week 1: A Place of Stability From Governments, to Corporations, their laws and policies are constantly changing and being changed. What if there were a place where the guiding principles were constant. Wouldn’t you love a Place of Stability? Reading: James 1:18-27 (NIV)

Speaker: Graham Agnew – Cure for the Common Life Week 1: Discover Your Uniqueness. How can/does our faith in Jesus Christ lift us above the mundane and the predictable components of our lives? The starting point is the realisation we are all “originals”… everyone is unique! Reading: Psalm 8:1-9 (GNT)